After more than a year of wrangling, Ennis voters will get a chance to vote on the proposed resort tax next week. The mail-in ballots will be sent out to 574 active Ennis voters on Monday, said Peggy Kaatz Stemler, Madison County Clerk and Recorder. The ballots will ask voters one important question: should the [...]
With medical marijuana becoming more prevalent in Montana and Madison County, the Ennis Town Commission decided to be proactive in setting regulations on how the industry will be regulated inside the city limits. Ennis’ new medical marijuana ordinance will go into effect Dec. 5 and some within the medical marijuana industry feel like it can [...]
This is the time of year when people in Ennis, and any other town in bear country for that matter, should think about putting their garbage cans inside and making sure no bear attractants are left around their property. Over the past week, two black bears have been rummaging around homes and properties in Ennis, [...]
The Ennis Town Commission has scheduled three public hearings to address three separate ordinances – two are new and one is a revision. Since last year, a consultant for the town has been working on a resort tax ordinance to put before town voters in March. A draft of the ordinance will be ready for [...]
The Ennis on the Madison Fly Fishing Festival was held last weekend as fly fishing enthusiasts from around the area descended on Ennis for a host of classes, seminars, lessons and competitions. The eighth annual event began Friday morning with several kid’s events and ended Saturday with a performance by the Midlife Chryslers. The festival [...]
Chairman and superintendent explain new school’s funding, rationale Last Tuesday the Montana Office of Public Instruction issued a letter to Madison County deputy attorney Chris McConnell concerning the funding of the new school building in Ennis and the Ennis School District’s appropriation of funds for the project. The letter was a response to a request [...]
UPDATED: David Kelley, a lawyer and volunteer assistant with the Ennis High School speech and debate team, has filed a four-count lawsuit against the Ennis School Board trustees and superintendent Doug Walsh centering on Walsh’s contract and a recent school board meeting. “I don’t sue them lightly,” Kelley said. “They have violated some of the [...]